OUTSMARTS ILLNESS Eggnog sips

Cheers! Sipping 12 oz. of creamy, rum-laced eggnog three times weekly could cut your risk of colds by 33%—even if you’re in contact with sniffling, sneezing loved ones during the holidays, Spanish researchers say. Credit the choline in eggs and the amino acids in milk, which energize white blood cells to boost their production of germ fighting antibodies. The perks of that yummy splash of rum? Every time you take a sip, it destroys pesky rhinoviruses trying to sneak in through the mucous membranes lining your mouth and throat.